Combination furniture



N. I. GREENISON.

COMBINATION FURNITURE.

APPLlcAnoN FILED Auml. |921.

Patented Aug. 29, i922.,

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Application ed August 31, 1921. Serial No. 497,081.

New York, have invented new and useful.

:improvements in Combination Furniture,

of which the following is a full, clear, and

exact description.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in combination furniture, and it pertains more particularly to an article of this type especially adapted for kitchen use.

lt is one ofthe objects of the invention to provide a combined step-ladder, stool and shoe-shining box.

lt is a further object of the invention to so construct the step-ladder that the spread thereof is limited by means carried upon the shoe-shining box.

lt is a further object of the invention to so combine the ladder and shoe-shining box that the shoe-shining box may be used either as a stool or as one of the steps of the ladder.

With the above and other objects in view, reference is had to the accompanying drawin s, in which igure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the article of furniture shown in the position in .which it is used as a stool;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the device used as a ladder;

lFig. 3 is a View in front elevation oi the article of furniture;

Fig. 'i is a perspective view showing the manner of use as a shoe-shining stand.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference character 5 designates the ladder flight, and 6 designates the props thereof. Rigidly secured to the upper end of the ight 5 is the top step of the Hight, and extending rearwardly from the upper end oi the iiight 5 is a brace 8, it being understood that one of these braces 8 is elnployed upon the upper end of each side rail of the flight, as more clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

rlhe props 6l heretofore mentioned are pivotally connected at their upper ends to' the braces 8 as indicated by the reference character 10. Pivotally secured as at l1, to each of the props 6 and extending forwardly thereof, is a brace or the like, 12. Formed between the forward ends of these braces 12, is a box-like structure 13, adapted to. be closed by a cover 14, and mounted wlthin the box-like structure 13, is a swing; ing foot-rest 15 constructed after the manner shown in my prior United States Letters Patent No. 1,328,667, granted to me January 20, 1920. i

The reference character 16 designates a brace connecting the side rails of the ladder iight 5, and the box-like structure 13 heretofore mentioned is slidably mounted on said brace. Secured to the bottom wall of the box-like 'structure 13, is a metallic strap 17, and the main body portion of said strap 17 is spaced with respect to the bottom wall of the box-like structure 13 .in order to re ceive the transverse brace 16.

With the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1, it will ,be4 seen that the box-like structure 13 is projected forwardly of the ladder i'light 5, and in this position the boxlike structure maybe used as a stool upon which a person may be seated, it desired. Also inl this osition, the cover 14 is free to move to t e dotted-line position shown in Fig. 1 to give access to the interior of the box to usel the shoe-shining apparatus therein. When the parts are in this position, the brace 16 engages the rear `end of' the strap 17 and prevents a folding of the props relative to the-'flight 5.

`When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2, the transverse brace 16 of the flight 5 is engaged with the forward end ot the strap 17 and when in this position, the box-like structure 13 is partlywithin the ladder flight 5, and the cover 14: thereof forms the lower step vof the ladder. With the parts in this position, the engagement of the transverse brace 16 with the forward end of the strap 17, prevents a. collapsing of the device when in use as a step-ladder.

From the foregoing it is apparent that the present invention provides an article oi combination furniture, which is capable of use as a stool, a step-ladder and a shoe-shining box or stand, which shoe-shining box or stand forms the seat of the stool and one of the steps of the ladder.

I claim:

1. An article of combination furniture comprising a ladder flight, a prop therefor, a brace connecting the prop with the ladder, a shoe-shining box carried by said brace,l a brace carried by the ladder flight and torming a support for said box, said box being slidably mounted thereon, andV means carried bythe box to limitthe' movement therein combination, a. ladder andshoe-shining Il of relative to the brace upon which it is supbox, .said shoe-slunng box being movable orted. relatlve to the ladder, and carrylng means 2. As an article ofoombination furniture, for limiting its movement relative to the i 5 a ladder, and a shoe-shining box, said box ladder, said shoe-shining box in one position in one position.

being carried by the ladder in such a manserving as a seat and in the other position li ner as to provide .one of the steps'thereof serving as one of the steps of the ladder,

` substantially as described 3. In e deviee ef the ehereeeer aeeeribed, NELSON J.`GREENIS0N. 

